National Security Council of the United States

"Thank you for that wonderful tribute to Henry Kissinger yesterday.
Congratulations. As the most recent National Security Advisor of the United States,
I take my daily orders from Dr. Kissinger, filtered down through General Brent Scowcroft and Sandy Berger,
who is also here. We have a chain of command in the [US] National Security Council that exists today."

updated Mon. February 12, 2018

Senior US officials began feeling out Trump's position on sending arms to ... "The United States has never ruled in or out the possibility of lethal aid to ... On Friday, ABC News reported that the National Security Council hadÃÂ ...

Tillerson has yet to offer a clear vision of what U.S. foreign policy ought ... on the major diplomatic challenges the United States currently faces, .... the White House itself, where the National Security Council staff has ballooned.

The U.S. Senate has opened hearings into the question of American nuclear ... Meanwhile, former National Security Council official Peter Feaver said that ... should the United States find itself under immediate nuclear attack.

A State Department source told ABC that the National Security Council decided Tuesday to ... the United States and Ukraine following a 2014 Russian annexation ... "We are really satisfied with the acceleration of U.S.-UkraineÃÂ ...

The Treasury Department froze U.S. assets, banned U.S. travel and prohibited ... our message remains clear: the United States will not stand aside while .... Mark Feierstein, the National Security Council's senior director for theÃÂ ...

He's even served with the National Security Council before as ... Bentonville had a population of around 6,000 then, U.S. Census Bureau figures show. ... The experience put Waddell in demand as the United States tried toÃÂ ...

U.S. Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander of the United States Southern Command, will join Gen. Martin Dempsey for a talk on "Current Challenges & Opportunities for the U.S. military in the Caribbean, Central and South America." The talk will take place at 6 p ...

The move could lead to an increase in airstrikes and more US personnel engaging in advising local forces. The National Security Council Principals Committee's proposal would grant the US military more authority to conduct operations against the terrorÃÂ ...

WASHINGTON - A senior administration official on Tuesday said the White House will review whether to back away from long-standing U.S. policy of nuclear disarmament while embarking on the process of updating the country's nuclear arsenal. ... of total ...

Mr. Kushner also gained an ally on the National Security Council with the appointment of Dina Powell, a Republican and another former Goldman official who worked with Mr. Cohn, as a deputy for strategy.

Washington (CNN) National security adviser H.R. McMaster has been on the job for less than a month, but the changes at the National Security Council already signal it will play a markedly different role under President Donald Trump than his ...

Michael Flynn, the retired army lieutenant general whom U.S. President Donald Trump ousted as his national security adviser in February, was paid nearly $68,000 by Russian interests in 2015, according to newly released documents.

Amid an avalanche of news raising alarm about Russian meddling in the U.S. election and ties between President Donald Trump's administration and Moscow, many younger voters are questioning how big a threat the former Cold War foe really is.

"The North Koreans are on path right now to develop long range ballistic missiles with nuclear weapons," says Victor Cha, former Asia director on the US National Security Council. "It's very likely that within President Trump's initial 4 years in ...

She is expected to play a broad role in coordinating between military, diplomatic and intelligence agencies and implementing US foreign policy. The appointment shows McMaster putting his imprimatur on the National Security Council, which had been run ...

Less than a month after much-admired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster took over from Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as national security adviser, Trump's alter-ego Steve Bannon appears to be more in control of U.S. foreign policy than ever. There is little sign McMaster ...

"McMaster's distinguished career has included multiple overseas tours in the service of our country, experiences that will be invaluable as he provides President Trump with advice on the many challenges facing the United States around the globe," theÃÂ ...

In significant parts of the world, the US military has become Washington's first and often only tool - and the result has been disastrous wars, failing states and spreading terror movements (as well as staggering arms sales) across the Greater Middle ...

In unpublished written testimony provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee after his confirmation hearing in January, Mattis said it was incumbent on the U.S. military to consider how changes like open-water routes in the thawing Arctic and ...